Exclusive: FX Cancels '30 Days'
Series wrapped third and final season in July
By Alex Weprin -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/6/2008 8:00:00 PM
FX has decided not to renew 30 Days, its lone remaining unscripted series, the network confirmed Thursday. The series wrapped up its third and final season this past July.
While the decision will leave a void of unscripted shows on the channel, a spokesperson says the network is not shutting down its unscripted development altogether.
Other than 30 Days, the last unscripted program to air on FX was Black. White., which took a black family and a white family, and used professional makeup to have them effectively “switch races.” That show aired on FX in Spring 2006.
30 Days, from Super Size Me creator Morgan Spurlock, would take a person or group of people (occasionally Spurlock himself) and immerse them in a culture or lifestyle which was unfamiliar to them for 30 days. Episodes have focused on life in jail, living on minimum wage and working in a coal mine.
With the imminent departure of The Shield, the success of comedy Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia and an end-date set for Nip/Tuck, the network has been active in developing new scripted shows. FX launched two new scripted series this year, drama Sons of Anarchy and comedy Testees.
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Fox reality should pickup this show. It was exelant and very thought provoking and dont you think we have enough mind numbing programing on the boob tube these days.
Steven M. Holder - 8/7/2009 12:48:26 PM EDT -
Cancel, and yet still rerun the series? Is FX reconsidering their decision?
static - 7/5/2009 12:12:30 AM EDT -
30 Days was an awsome show, I learned alot from it and it made me see things differently. Every person has a view on something...30 Days came by and pointed our brains in different directions and made us see things from a different side. I have seen my teachers actually use episodes of 30 Days to teach a class. it was fun to watch and will be missed.
Dion Martorano - 11/25/2008 2:01:00 PM EST -
wow, the only good show they had. love morgan spurlock!
liquidsmoke - 11/11/2008 4:22:00 PM EST
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